The prize was a basket overflowing with comics and other items generously donated by exhibitors at the show. Selling tickets for $2, or 12 for $10, we were able to raise $168. To that, I added $32 out of my own pocket to make a donation of $200 to AFSP in memory of my nephew Steve Pisarchick, who took his own life in December of 2008.

I would like to thank everyone at the show who donated comics, all those who bought tickets, and, most of all, my fellow members of Sunday Comix, especially Canada Keck and Max Ink, for all their help and support. I could not have pulled this off without it.

You can find more information about the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and make a donation on-line, at afsp.org.

SPACE 2011 was an incredibly fun show. Thanks to everybody who turned out for it. Hope everybody had a safe trip home. See you next year on April 21 & 22 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus OH for SPACE 2012. Check back here soon for photos, videos and con reports of this years show not to mention all the 2011 SPACE Prize entries.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Meet and talk to many of the SPACE exhibitors before the show. Pizza, soft drinks and free SPACE passes to the first 20 people through the door. While you're there check out Packrat's great collection of Small Press Comics.

2:00 PM "A Conversation with Steve Willis"Hosted by Bruce Chrislip. Bruce and Steve will discuss steve's cartooning career with focus on his Morty the Dog comix and the whole Pacific Northwest comix scene that Steve came out of. They will talk about people like Matt Groening, Jay Kennedy, Lynda Barry, and Bil Keane.

Noon -The Return of the SPACE Cartoon CarnivalKel Crum and Bob Corby are back after a 3 year hiatus (We think everybody forgot about the 2008 fiasco by now). Kel and Bob will be joined by Special Guest-Steve Willis, who will be performing some of his classics!

2:00PM The Webcomics Review!Join webcomics creators Alex Heberling (Alex's Guide to a Well-lived Life), Chad Sell (Manta-Man), Denver Brubaker (Tales of a Checkered Man), Joe Foo (Desmond's Comic), and Richard Errington (InterVerse Comics) as they discuss their thoughts on the current climate of webcomics, new technologies, and all the hard-learned lessons they've experienced along the way.

3:00PM "BIKE TUNNELS' by Aaron TrudgeonBike Tunnels is our BOLD vision of the future. Join us in a new and exciting economic and clean energy idea. Not only will we save paradise from becoming a parking lot. We will also get Americans working at jobs that do not SUCK!